Masala Vada

Masala Vada is a popular South Indian snack. Its also known as paruppu vadai or kadlebele vade meaning chana dal vada. Undoubtedly these vada’s are deep fried snack . You can rarely see deep fried snacks on my blog 🙂 🙂 🙂 But this one is my all time favourite , so how can I miss something which I love the most ?

Masala Vada is anonymously one of the most favourite tea time snack for South Indians. This crunchy fritters are made with chana dal, greens and few spices. Greens used are coriander leaves ,curry leaves , dill leaves or drumstick leaves . I love the one with drumstick leaves more than with dill leaves .Anyhow with dill leaves also it tastes , equally good.

For masala , red chillies , green chillies , curry leaves , jeera seeds , ginger, garlic , cloves, cinnamon are blended together and added .Though using cloves and cinnamon are truely optional , adding a small amount of it gives a better taste . Even fresh grated coconut is used for blending with masala but again it’s optional and I don’t use it.

I love to eat this Masala Vada more spicy , so I always add extra chillies for last batch of vada while frying. The recipe here is with medium spicy , go ahead and add more chillies ,if you want just like me . LOL 🙂 🙂 🙂

Masala Vada is served along with coconut chutney for evening coffee or else with morning breakfast along with Chitranna| Lemon Rice and chutney. This is how we used to get Masala Vade in our hostel , also in many Darshini’s of Bangalore and in street food trucks .